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Hercules Beetles
Dynastes
Dynastes is a genus of large beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. They occur in the Nearctic realm and in the Neotropical realm, from the United States to Brazil; four North American species (including Mexico), three with distributions extending from Central America either north or south, and two species endemic to South America.
6 branches of this group, most-observed first
Eastern Hercules Beetle
speciesDynastes tityus
Giant Hercules Beetles
complexDynastes hercules
Grant's Hercules Beetle
speciesDynastes grantii
Mexican Hercules Beetle
speciesDynastes hyllus
Dynastes maya
speciesDynastes maya
Dynastes moroni
speciesDynastes moroni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1502723.